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Time Right Deadly

Time Right Deadly is a 1956 thriller novel by the British writer Sarah Gainham. Her debut novel, it was shortlisted for the Gold Dagger Award, losing out to Edward Grierson's The Second Man. Like many of her novels it takes place in post-war Austria, where she lived.

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Time Right Deadly
First edition (UK)
AuthorSarah Gainham
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherArthur Barker
Publication date
1956
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Time Right Deadly is a 1956 thriller novel by the British writer Sarah Gainham.1 Her debut novel, it was shortlisted for the Gold Dagger Award, losing out to Edward Grierson's The Second Man.2 Like many of her novels it takes place in post-war Austria, where she lived.3

References

References

  1. Reilly p.624
  2. Hicken & Prytherch p,416
  3. Burton p.171
Bibliography

Bibliography

  • Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
  • Hicken, Mandy & Prytherch, Raymond John. Now Read on: A Guide to Contemporary Popular Fiction. Scolar Press, 1994.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.